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Jump rope with physiological monitor

a technology of physiological monitor and jump rope, which is applied in the field of jump rope with an integral heart monitor, can solve the problems of reducing the profitability of manufacturing and marketing, low cost of jump rope, etc., and achieves the effect of convenient electrical connection

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-08
BARDHA ILIR
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"The present invention is a jump rope that includes a heart rate monitor. The jump rope can pick up and analyze EKG signals from the heart muscle or with a wrist pressure cuff or a beam of visible or infrared light projected through the skin to determine the heart rate. The heart rate signal can be displayed on the jump rope or transmitted to a remote monitor for display. The sensor for collecting EKG signals can be embedded in the jump rope handle or attached to the user's wrist. The invention allows for easy monitoring of heart rate during jump rope exercise."

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The inherent low cost of jump ropes reduces the profitability of manufacturing and marketing them, and thus manufacturers have tended to emphasize much higher priced exercise equipment which is often not as beneficial as jump ropes in terms of achieving exercise goals.

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[0022]FIG. 1 illustrates an exerciser, generally indicated at 10, grasping the two electrode-handles 12 and 14, formed at the end of a jump rope 16 and using it for exercise in a conventional jump rope manner. Each of the handles is preferably formed of a highly conductive material, preferably copper or the like, or has a sheath of a conductive metal surrounding it, or has at least sections which are engaged by the exerciser's hands during jumping, so as to provide a conductive path between the hands and the electrode-handles. Since the user inherently perspires during use of the jump rope and must intimately grasp the handles 12 and 14, a low-resistance conductive path is established between the handle-electrodes and the exerciser's two hands. This conductive path may be enhanced by placing protuberances on the surface of the handle-electrodes 12 and 14, by roughening the surface or by including clips (not shown) connected to the handles by a flexible conductor (not shown) which ma...

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Abstract

A jump rope incorporates a sensor in at least one handle which contacts the hand of an exerciser holding the handle. The output signal from the sensor is provided to a microprocessor programmed to analyze the signal and derive a physiological factor of the exerciser such as heart rate and provide a signal of the derived factor to an output device which may be a display or an audio signal generator.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 742,607 filed Dec. 6, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to exercise devices with built-in health monitors and more particularly to a jump rope with an integral heart monitor.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Jumping rope has long been recognized as an excellent aerobic exercise since it simultaneously stresses all the arm and leg muscles, the trunk muscles and increases the heart rate with its attendant cardiovascular advantages. Moreover, it requires minimal apparatus, which is portable and low in cost. The inherent low cost of jump ropes reduces the profitability of manufacturing and marketing them, and thus manufacturers have tended to emphasize much higher priced exercise equipment which is often not as beneficial as jump ropes in terms of achieving exercise goals.[0004]It has previously b...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B5/20A63B21/00
CPCA63B5/20A63B2225/50A63B2230/06
Inventor BARDHA, ILIR
Owner BARDHA ILIR
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